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Old 01-13-2009, 06:00 AM
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Both pilots remarked that all appeared normal until the aircraft began to deviate from the runway centerline. The Captain noted that the airplane suddenly diverged to the left, and attempts to correct the deviation with the rudder were unsuccessful. He stated that he briefly attempted to return the aircraft to the centerline by using the tiller to manipulate the steering of the nose gear but was unable to keep the aircraft on the runway.

On some aircraft, manipulating the tiller at high speeds could create more trouble, this quick-thinking 737 crew wisely knew that the tiller would over ride the rudder inputs.

Over the years, on probably about a dozen separate occasions, I've found soda cans behind the rudder pedals on my cockpit preflight inspection.

I'm curious how many of you have found items in this potentially dangerous location?
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Old 01-13-2009, 06:34 AM
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I've had someone lose a flashlight behind mine
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Old 01-13-2009, 06:43 AM
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smooth who did you fly for?
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Old 01-13-2009, 06:48 AM
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Usually see small water bottles and even found an apple once. I make it part of my preflight cause it would be a bad day if the rudder was stuck during an engine out on take-off.
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Old 01-13-2009, 07:05 AM
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Found a screwdriver once.
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Old 01-13-2009, 07:54 AM
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I've seen water bottles numerous times.
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Old 01-13-2009, 08:29 AM
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A flashlight once. And a water bottle another time.
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Ask a Finnair guy what some once found in a DC-9....
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Old 01-13-2009, 09:01 AM
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Smooth, are you drawing a parrallel between this and the recent DEN 737 accident?
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Old 01-13-2009, 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by SmoothOnTop View Post
Excerpt from NTSB:

Both pilots remarked that all appeared normal until the aircraft began to deviate from the runway centerline. The Captain noted that the airplane suddenly diverged to the left, and attempts to correct the deviation with the rudder were unsuccessful. He stated that he briefly attempted to return the aircraft to the centerline by using the tiller to manipulate the steering of the nose gear but was unable to keep the aircraft on the runway.

On some aircraft, manipulating the tiller at high speeds could create more trouble, this quick-thinking 737 crew wisely knew that the tiller would over ride the rudder inputs.

Over the years, on probably about a dozen separate occasions, I've found soda cans behind the rudder pedals on my cockpit preflight inspection.

I'm curious how many of you have found items in this potentially dangerous location?
On the ERJ I find 1+ litter bottles of water all the time.
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